L- has been attempting to train the fat cat to use the toilet. Just one of the many reasons why I love that girl.

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We're all about spending our time wisely around here. But we also like movies. Thankfully, here comes Movie a Minute to the rescue.

Armageddon

NASA: An asteroid is coming. We are in trouble.

Nerd: You must blow it up from the inside. Probably.

NASA: Let's teach drillers to be astronauts, on account of drilling is too hard for astronauts to learn.

Bruce Willis: Instead for a ninjillion dollars, we will only do it if we don't have to pay taxes anymore, because audiences can relate to that.

Audience: I can relate to that. Therefore, I love it.

The End

Labels: Film, Life

I just got off the phone with the bank. They informed me that somebody stole our credit card information and bought a thousand dollars worth of shoes. I think it was Kelly.

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has the large hadron collider destroyed the world yet?

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The Rules:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you've eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The Mouse & the Billionaire Omnivore's Hundred

1. Venison


2. Nettle tea


3. Huevos rancheros


4. Steak tartare


5. Crocodile


6. Black pudding


7. Cheese fondue


8. Carp


9. Borscht


10. Baba ghanoush


11. Calamari


12. Pho


13. PB&J sandwich


14. Aloo gobi


15. Hot dog from a street cart


16. Epoisses


17. Black truffle


18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes


19. Steamed pork buns


20. Pistachio ice cream


21. Heirloom tomatoes


22. Fresh wild berries


23. Foie gras


24. Rice and beans


25. Brawn, or head cheese


26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper


27. Dulce de leche


28. Oysters


29. Baklava


30. Bagna cauda


31. Wasabi peas


32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl


33. Salted lassi


34. Sauerkraut


35. Root beer float


36. Cognac with a fat cigar


37. Clotted cream tea


38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O


39. Gumbo


40. Oxtail


41. Curried goat


42. Whole insects


43. Phaal


44. Goat's milk


45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more


46. Fugu


47. Chicken tikka masala


48. Eel


49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut


50. Sea urchin


51. Prickly pear


52. Umeboshi


53. Abalone


54. Paneer


55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal


56. Spaetzle


57. Dirty gin martini


58. Beer above 8% ABV


59. Poutine


60. Carob chips


61. S'mores


62. Sweetbreads


63. Kaolin


64. Currywurst


65. Durian


66. Frogs' legs


67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears, funnel cake


68. Haggis


69. Fried plantain


70. Chitterlings, or andouillette


71. Gazpacho


72. Caviar and blini


73. Louche absinthe


74. Gjetost, or brunost


75. Roadkill


76. Baijiu


77. Hostess Fruit Pie


78. Snail


79. Lapsang souchong


80. Bellini


81. Tom Yum


82. Eggs Benedict


83. Pocky


84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant


85. Kobe beef


86. Hare


87. Goulash


88. Flowers


89. Horse


90. Criollo chocolate


91. Spam


92. Soft shell crab


93. Rose harissa


94. Catfish


95. Mole poblano


96. Bagel and lox


97. Lobster Thermidor


98. Polenta


99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee


100. Snake

80 percent is pretty damn good, I think. We have made a pact to finish the list within the next year. We'll keep you updated.

Labels: Food, Life

NYC has opened up her loving arms to us and welcomed us back home. She is important, interesting, exciting, lovely, joyful, warm, beautiful, and still a poor substitute for our loved ones on the West Coast.

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I'll be honest. Baseball is making me sad. We moved to one of the greatest baseball towns in the country, where Ruth used to build houses, and I can't find a single person to watch the all-star game with me. I miss sitting at friend's houses, drinking beers and talking stats. I miss Dodger stadium. I miss Dodger games. I have had a real hard time even listening to Dodger games since first pitch is usually at 10:15 pm. I miss Vin. I miss Dodger dogs. I had a brief fling with trying to follow the Mets last season, but it just isn't the same.

Oh, Bums, why did you leave Brooklyn? We could be so great together here. I could sit on the stoop enjoying a frosty beverage and listen to you lose game after game. But I wouldn't care. All my friends would talk bad about you, but I would stand up for you. But I suppose you're better off in the wide open spaces, free to roam. So, Ol' Blue, thanks for the good times while they lasted. I hope to see you again soon, but for now, show my friends out there a good time. Don't let them forget how wonderful you can be.

Labels: Baseball, Life

E v e r y o n e always talks about their life happenings. I usually avoid that. I don't know why. Let's give it a shot.

I spent the early part of the weekend with DMH and BRL. We had wonderful conversations. We talked of the deepest of deep and the shallowest of shallow. We caught up. We relived old tales. We visited the place that earned Nate Dumas his purple heart and the place where Dylan Thomas drank himself to death.. We played catch in central park. I love those guys like brothers. It was good times. A+

Tonight was my last night of work. Afterwards I went with my friend Mickey to a party in the village where I watched speed chess being played by chess masters. He explained the theories and strategies of space and time. I tried to follow along. At 5:30am we took a cab back to Brooklyn. The cabbie told me not to move out of my apartment. Then I sat on the porch and watched the sunrise while the birds sang the chorus of the lonely.

I am now listening to Son Lux - At War With Walls and Mazes, which is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking records I have ever heard. It's the record that I wish I could make. The time I spend not listening to it makes me want to inject it into my brain and pile it over my body like so much sand on a toddler at the beach.

It is now almost 7. The cats are napping. I do not plan on joining them until after the 9 o'clock skype meeting I have with my fellow Bootcamp Code teachers.

Thus is my life. I hope it was of interest to you.

Labels: Life

As I was about to leave the subway the other morning, I looked up to see if it had started raining and saw this:


Rain Above Us from Mouse & the Billionaire on Vimeo.

Beautiful, no?

Labels: Life, videos

I don't often think about how fast the world moves or the relationship of our planet to the other heavenly bodies. However, these facts were brought to mind when I took this picture.

In the time it took for me to get my camera out and snap this picture, the moon had moved from the center of the gap between these two buildings, slightly to the right. Seconds later, it was completely hidden from view. I felt very glad to have been there when I was. If I had been walking down that street one minute later, I would have missed it entirely.

Labels: Life, Photography

Hey there. I miss you. Let's grab a falafel and a coke. But I know we're both strapped for time, so let's make it quick. Bon Appetite.


Lunch Break from Mouse & the Billionaire on Vimeo.

(Burp)

Labels: Fun, Life

It's a beautiful day in New York City. 67 degrees. Sunny, with a slight breeze. We woke up this morning and had some homemade banana bread and orange slices. I spent the remainder of the morning drinking coffee and working on projects for school. I am currently prototyping some human/stuffed-animal interactions to manipulate algorithmically created music and also putting the final touches on a Max/MSP musical and visual duet with MC HammerHeadShark that will take place next Tuesday at Monkey Town. If you're in the Brooklyn area you should come out. Good times will be had by all.

In other news, the Ramos Gin Fizz is a delicious spring-time cocktail. You should make up a few and let the cool breeze blow.

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Hello, friends.

Right now, L- and I are more than halfway through our Holy Week juice fast cleanse. This entails drinking 6 specially made juices each day for 1 week and eating no food with the hope that all of the bad toxins we have amassed throughout the last 6 months will be flushed out.

I am currently drinking juice #2 - a delicious blend of pineapple, apple, and mint. It is quite tasty (though juice #6 - a savory brew of water, cashews, agave nectar, vanilla bean, and cinnamon, is a much more delectable treat which we have lovingly begun referring to as dessert juice).

Yes. Yes, I know. It sounds, well, like we have become hippies. But, we have not. We still eat meat. In fact, last week we enjoyed a delicious pig's head terrine. And, of course, we still, probably much too frequently, indulge in a savory boston creme donut (or two). But it seems proper to take care of our apparently rapidly aging bodies, while also taking some time to reflect on our lives.

Here are some of those reflections:

1. I am not hungry, nor have I been all that famished during the week, but I have been amazed at the frequency I think about munching on some food. It is fascinating, realizing how often I eat due to boredom or habit rather than actual hunger.


2. Drinking this much liquid really makes for some frequent bathroom breaks. This can be very difficult in a city without public toilets. Recently, though, New York has undergone some real breakthroughs in the public toilet area. They have installed over 171 since the past 10 years, though you may have a hard time finding them. They say "Starbucks" on the sign outside.


3. And, lastly, I really really really want a carnitas taco

If you are at all curious please visit our juice-maker and cleanse-conductor Blueprint Cleanse for more information.

Labels: Life

Yesterday we went to the store and bought a vacuum cleaner.

It is the best vacuum cleaner that we have ever owned. It is an amazing marvel of science and technology. It has a special tool to clean off cat hair from the couch and rug. It has a button you push that automatically winds the chord. It has multiple attachments and extensions that snap into place like something out of Voltron. Rosie the robot can't hold a candle to our new vacuum cleaner.

After we got it home, we unpacked it and took turns vacuuming the couch for fun! I know what you're thinking, "What is going on here? When did you two get old and boring? When did buying a vacuum become the most exciting thing in your week?"

And I answer you: "I have no idea. But you know what they say, cleanliness is next to Godliness, and at the rate we're going we'll be canonized next month. Zing!

Labels: Life

or

"How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Be Awesome"

or

"Winter of our Content"

Team Lamigraw opened up their lovely home to us this weekend, and we took the city by storm. We slept in. We ate delicious tomato-basil soup and grilled cheese sandwich lunches. We drank local micro brews infused with espresso / curacao. We read books. We ate pizza with figs. We ate delicious brunches. We discussed life, loss, and first loves. We visited quaint, obsessive-compulsively organized used book stores. We bought an amazing porcelain rum decanter from the 1940's with a painting of a ship on it. All in all, we had an amazing time with two of the most amazing people on the face of the planet. You should give it a try sometime. You won't be sorry.

Labels: Fun, Life

Hey there.

Let's cut through the riff-raff. You want to know what's going on with us? We want to tell you. Let's make this happen. First, you should know that we received perhaps our final snow of the season this weekend. It wise nice to see a little bit of the old powder before it starts warming up.

I've been old-schooling the new school, taking the little snippets of code out on the blacktop and destroying them in a rowdy game of 3-on-3. This semester is amazing, and all of my classes are pretty darn fantastic. If you want, check 'em out. Design & Education / Max/Msp 2 / Compuation Major Studio / Physical Computing / and the oft-mentioned Magic++. I've also updated the links page to include some of my CDT buddies. Enjoy!

The cocktail-making business is A-plus. Nathan "The Gentleman" Dumas has taken me under his wing, ferrying me on quests and bestowing on me the classic literatures of years past. We've filmed a new Cocktail Kitchen, and I hope to have it up by the end of the week.

We went to the opening of the Michel Gondry "Be Kind Rewind" exhibit at Deitch a few weekends ago. Very playful and light-hearted stuff here, almost like being allowed entry into one of his music videos. If you're in New York, you should swing by and give it glimpse. Make a movie there if you have time.

And, towards the future: this weekend we and the Lami graws will take Philly by storm. There will be amazing times, and there will be pictures posted. We promise (fingers crossed).

Well, we're out of time. Thanks for chatting with us for a bit. We hope everything in your neck of the woods is top notch, and let's talk more soon.

Cheers!

Labels: Fun, Life, Music, School

Orioltown? It just doesn't work

Labels: Baseball, Life

We spent last weekend in beautiful Stockbridge, MA. We slept inside this Norman Rockwell painting. In the building on the far right, to be exact. The centuries-old Red Lion Inn, where we had some delicious breakfast, wonderful snow-covered times, and a fantastic old-fashioned at the old-fashioned bar.

We also visited the Norman Rockwell Museum where we discovered we liked Mr. Rockwell, as they constantly refer to him, a whole lot more than we expected.

Labels: Design, Fun, Life

The New Yorker recently featured an enlightneing article about Raymond Carver's editorial process under Gordon Lish. In the same issue they ran a never-before published Carver short story, "Beginners", with the Lish-edited version on the web. It is fascinating to get a peek behind the curtain of this profitable but frustrating relationship.

I was reminded of this today, after reading the hilarious piece, Famous Authors Predict the Winner of Super Bowl XLII, by Shane Ryan. Here is the Carver excerpt:

Raymond Carver

I really admire what the Giants have done this season. It isn't often you see a team struggle early, eke out a series of road wins, and still manage to peak at the perfect moment. It's a rare occurrence, I'll say that much.

On the other side, you've got football's version of Goliath. Experts tell me the Patriots are the strongest team in NFL history. From the moment they beat the Colts, they've been earmarked as Super Bowl Champions. It's tough to pick against an undefeated record.

All that being said, I've been so impressed with Eli Manning's development these last four weeks that I'm willing to take the underdog. What can I say? I believe in the New York Giants.

Prediction: Giants 31, Patriots 28

Raymond Carver, edited by Gordon Lish

It isn't a thing you see often, I'll say that much.

They tell me this is Goliath.

I believe in Giants.

Prediction: G.

Funny. You should check it out. The Cormac McCarthy and Kerouac predictions made me laugh as well. So have a good Super Bowl weekend, y'all. I won't be watching since I'll be slinging booze to other people who won't be watching, but I hope it is a thoroughly entertaining and enlightening experience.

Labels: Fun, Life, The Drink

Hi. It has been almost two weeks since the last post. In that time we did some stuff, saw some stuff, ate some stuff, and drank some stuff. It was really great.

In more interesting news, here's an awesome video where some scientist fill an ant colony with cement to see what it really look like. You should watch it if you want to be a well-rounded and thoroughly educated person. You should not watch it if you are at all bothered that the scientists killed thousands of ants just to find out how they (use to) live. I wasn't. Watch it.

Labels: Fun, Life

Members of the board, I have called this meeting together to address some fairly serious issues. Due to the time-constraints I know we are all under, I won't dally any more than necessary.

First, I would like to extend our warmest welcome to MC Hammerheadshark, artistic/personnel radical and class-act, who has choses us as his first stop in internet discovery each day.

Second. I ate kangaroo last week. Just thought you should know.

Third. It has come to my attention that Lasagna Cat is a hilarious web site featuring live-action reenactments of Garfield's (un)funniest moments over the last few decades. Not to be missed.

Fourth. If anyone has had ideas about upgrading to Leopard and still using their M-Audio peripherals, just abandon them now.

Fifth. Did you know that Lightnin' Hopkins drank a pint-glass of gin everyday and that Leadbelly murdered a couple of people? Fascinating.

Sixth. There's finally a new mixtape up. (And the one from November is finally up in the archives. The new December mixtape is really pretty good, and it features Micah McGraw with nothing but the buffalo. You should probably listen to it.

Well, that's all the time we have allotted, and, as you all know, we have tons of work to get done before next Tuesday's deadline, so get out there and make us proud.

Meeting adjourned.

Labels: Fun, Life

I'm pretty sure this is a dream I had last night.

Labels: Fun, Life, videos

It is officially cold.

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Hello there.

The new year is upon us, and we are taking it by force. The last one ended well - with glorious visits from the OBs and the Lamigraws, a much-needed trip back to the sunshine state to see sadly-missed friends and family, and a new years celebration party we attended at my new place of employment (which was rowdy, but we've seen rowdier) Photos of all, soon.

But now, onto the year ahead. While in California, Amber reminded us of The Mouse and the Billionaire Pact of 2007 which we wrote up last January, and were inspired to do the same again. However, when we went back over it, we realized there were no changes to be made. These are things we are consistently working towards.

So, again, without further ado, in a flurry of self-reflection, and to give the new year what it needs, we give to you The Mouse and the Billionaire Pact of 2007/8.

1. We will do more making and less critiquing.


2. We will focus on our language, preferring dialogue to diatribe.


3. We will create something to help people in a unique way.


4. We will not compare ourselves to any one else.


5. We will support the creativity of others.


6. We will send more time thinking.


7. We will not waste our or any one else's time

So there you have it 2008. Thanks again for allowing us a chance to reflect and start fresh. Thanks for hanging out with us for the next 356.

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create your own at The Buereau of Communication.

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It's Christmas eve and I'm sitting at the Dentist.

That seems to be appropriate for this trip back to the Southern California: good times and sad times going hand-in-hand. We've had fantastic emotional highs and excitement peppered with sad good-byes and the dread of impending return flights. Not really a blue Christmas, and definitely not a white one, more mauve.

So, Merry Christmas California. You've brought us our loved ones and graciously kept us from having a blue Christmas without them. We appreciate it.

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Labels: Life, Meow, School

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I'm sitting here at 1:30 in the morning listening to the Walkmen sing Nillson's Many Rivers to Cross. My eyes lose their focus from the computer screen they've been trained on for the last 40 hours and drift over to the bookshelf. They flitter about for a few seconds, before finally resting on my Canon FTb, an exceptional hand-me-down from L's grandpa Jim.

I miss photo days. I remember glorious afternoons spent with the Whalewatcher, wandering the mean streets of East LA, photographing our way back home to a six-pack of the lady in red. There is something to be said about such tactile experiences.

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I use these Studiophile speakers. They are excellent for mixing tracks, listening to songs on my iTunes via airTunes, or, apparently as I just found out, receiving the ramblings of truckers as they drive by on the BQE.

As I sit here alone, working diligently towards the end of the semester, someone just came on my speakers insisting that it "was too much butter out there," and that he needed to "flitter on. Bye. Bu Bu Bye Bye Bye."

Well, ramble on little doggy. We'll catch you on the other side. Over and out.

Labels: Fun, Life

They came; they saw; they conquered our hearts and souls, chewing them up and spitting the remnants out into infinity.

After a quick 5 days we are left sad and lonely, missing our friends all the more, but all will be well; we can look at the photos we took during their stay as well as these, that King M.O.B, himself, was nice enough to upload.

We thank you for the excellent times, dear friends. We look forward to seeing you soon, but for now...

Who's next?!

UPDATE: Guess who just got off the phone with the Lamigraws...

Labels: Life, Photography

Last night, we, the O'Briens, and Dumas were taking a nice stroll down Park Avenue and, we were stopped in our tracks by this Damien Hirst window installed at the Lever House.

We instantly thought of the Sycz/Guinta clan, and had to take a picture. We then proceeded to Burger Joint and ate from one of these guys' cousins. It was delicious.

Flickr user Mayotic has some better pictures on his flickr pool. Check them out and imagine hiring Hirst to redesign your kitchen.

Labels: Design, Life

Well. So far Christmastime in New York is a-plus.

No snow yet, but it's getting a little cold. We get to wear coats and hats. Small children go down slides with their scarves trailing behind. We don't feel bad whistling Christmassy tunes as we stroll down the street, because the chill on our cheeks and our breath in the air seems to prove that it really is a Winter Wonderland.

The OBrien's are coming in on Wednesday and we're going to see some big tree get lit up. Then we might go get lit up. (j/k dudes) It's going to be awesome.

photo © Ronald C Saari

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Here's what I have to look forward to tonight.

Labels: Life, Music

I never really liked Halloween. It's kind of creepy, and I don't need an excuse to eat candy. I don't even want to eat candy most of the time, so that works out okay. Dressing up is fun, but I can do that any day I feel like it, really.

Most importantly, it steals some of the thunder from Thanksgiving, which is a far superior holiday. Better food, better circumstances. Nobody is pounding on your door demanding free dessert (unless they're family), and the only people who look dead are those who ate too much turkey and passed out at the table.

That said, I missed the usual festivities from the California Kids, and I think this year was the first year in my life that I didn't dress up at any point around Halloween; which makes me kind of sad. I guess I'm an adult now. I was really looking forward to my Elton John Benet Ramses costume, too.

Labels: Life

The baseball season has come and gone leaving most of us sad and lonely. We will have to wait far too long to see our friends again.

We'll miss you, Ground into Double Play. See you next spring, Caught Stealing. And no, I didn't forget about you, Blown Save. We've spent many a long hot summer night together. Me: hoping you'd change. You: knowing it was impossible. Well, so long friends. We'll see you in April.

April. April? That's an eternity away. That's from here to to the moon. What am I supposed to do on a lazy Saturday afternoon? Thankfully there's Spring Training, where this year we officially say farewell to Dodgertown.

Next Year.

Next Year.

p.s. iTunes is easing the pain with their MLB Classic Baseball Channel. I just bought game 7 of the 1965 Twins/Dodgers World Series. Did somebody say Koufax shutout?!

Labels: Baseball, Life

When I was in elementary school I had a friend. He was my best friend, and we hung out at one of our houses almost every day. I really liked going to his house because his mom had a stash of Strawberry soda and snack foods that we didn't have at my house (little debbie snack cakes, ding-dongs, and all their equally unhealthy cousins).

He also had a small liquor store a block from his house where we would go and play Street Fighter 2, fueled by jumbo packs of Mambas and Gatorade. He played as Ken. I played as Guile (which strikes me as weirdly patriotic looking back. Or maybe I just liked his haircut). Another friend of ours loved Blanka. I bet you could do a study linking personality to the character picked in Street Fighter 2.

I haven't played SF2 in years now, but it will always be the game that reminds me of adolescence. That feeling of freedom. Leaving the house on your own with 5 dollars in quarters jangling in your pocket. Riding your bike a little farther than you are allowed. The sickly sweet taste of processed sugars.

Now that I'm older, however, I like a little classier of a game. Something that still has the turmoil of a Street Fighter 2, but with a little spiritual depth. That's why I play Bible Fight over at Adult Swim, where Biblical characters go head to head in combat. Jesus sends loaves and fishes. Moses calls a toad hailstorm. Noah induces a stampede of animals. This is the game for the contemplative man.

Labels: Fun, Life, Religion

Let me start by saying that I am, and will always be a true blue Dodgers fan.

That being said, living in New York, L. and I now face the dilemma of who we root for. Mets or Yankees. Upon leaving Los Angeles, I had decided that I was going to be a Mets fan. However, after we went to our first Mets game (unfortunately a game in which they mercilessly defeated the Dodgers), I found that I did not like a) Shea Stadium, and b) Mets fans. L. has been on the fence from the get-go, primarily because Joe DiMaggio is her favorite ballplayer of all time. So now we're confused. Who do we root for?

Mets

Pros

• Underdogs


• Were not a team when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn


• Not part of the Evil Empire


• Brought baseball back to Brooklyn when they bought the Queens Kings, mving them to Coney Island, and renaming them the Brooklyn Cyclones


• Part of the National League

Cons

• Their fans are like Angels fans, upper middle-class, fratty, and kind of annoying


• Shea Stadium is ugly


• Took the place of the Dodgers in the hearts of many a fan in Brooklyn

Yankees

Pros

• A dynasty


• Part of Baseball history and home to some of the greatest who ever played


• Pinstripes

Cons

• Part of the American league


• Evil Empire


• Not only were a team in New York during the Dodgers time, but also routinely defeated them in the World Series


• Everyone who moves to New York becomes a Yankees fan, it's easy


• Steinbrenner

I think my main difficulty with the Mets is that they took the place of the Dodgers. It is painful to see. Tomorrow we go to the last regular season game for the Mets. We will leave our judgment until then, but I am starting to lose sleep over this.

Labels: Baseball, Life

So, months ago, we picked up, left our beloved Southern California with it's friends, good times, solid vibes, and, of course, or little piece of paradise, Shady Lane.

Weeks later we arrived cold and tired in New York City, homeless and jobless.

The joblessness might fix itself in the near future, but for now, we do have a home.

So behold. After a tiring trek across the country. After searching wide and far for a place to lay our heads. After much frustration and sadness. We have arrived!

Home!

The Fortress of Solitude

*Update* L. just got a job!

Labels: Life

Finally, after 3 weeks of waiting, we can use the internet at our house.

I will now celebrate by reading It Was 40 10 Years Ago Today: 18 Reasons 1997 Might Be The Next 1967 from the Onion A/V Club.

I will also make sure to watch all of the wonderful accompanying videos.

Then I will and pat myself on the back for actually being alive for what might, in hindsight, look like a musical revolution.

What fun!

Labels: Life, Music

We have spent the last few weeks fulfilling the American dream (a.k.a furnishing our new apartment cheaply with purchases from Ikea)

I have a love hate relationship with Ikea. I love some of their designs. I hate others. I love their food. I hate their customer service.

However, I may have found something to convince me.

Behold Ikea Hacker.

This is an amazing site, featuring just what you would assume: hacks of Ikea furniture. I have been trying to set up my music-making/technology-design-hacking workspace all week, so the work-station section has been particularly exciting. The image above is of a fantastic music-making control station that someone came up with. The site is seriously overflowing of amazing ideas. Luckily, organization is one topic covered.

I know what I'll be doing in my free time for the next month.

Labels: Design, Life

I am a bee.

Busy busy bee.

I buzz around the city all day long, keeping myself going with caffeine and street pizza.

I buzz from building to building.

55 W 13th St. Bzzz. 65 5th Ave. Bzzz. 2 W 13th St. 10th floor. I learn a lot about the internet buzz from my excellent classes.

I buzz on down for some delicious nectar cocktails at Pegu Club with Nate Dumas. Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz till 5 in the morning. Delicious.

I buzz back to the apartment. I sleep.

Labels: Life, School

We found an apartment. Pictures soon. Classes starts on Tuesday.

It's all happening.

Labels: Life